Provides a novel perspective on urban ecosystems, summarising our current understanding of the basic and applied aspects of these important and complex habitats, whilst focusing on environmental concerns in the context of global change.
Provides a novel perspective on urban ecosystems, summarising our current understanding of the basic and applied aspects of these important and complex habitats, whilst focusing on environmental concerns in the context of global change.
Philip James is Professor of Ecology in the School of Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Salford. In addition to his post at the University of Salford, Philip has honorary positions at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge. Prior to The Biology of Urban Environments Philip has previously co-authored two books on Urban Ecology and has published the results of his own, and collaborative research, in journal articles. Philip is a Fellow of the Royal society of Biology and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.
Inhaltsangabe
1: What is the urban environment and what is biology? Part I The urban environment 2: The built environment 3: The physical environment 4: The natural environment - habitats and communities Part II Diversity and distribution 5: Diversity of species 6: Relationships 7: Temporal patterns 8: Spatial patterns Part III Adapting to urban living 9: Strategies 10: Physiological and behavioural changes - how do they live Part IV People and nature 11: Human urban biology 12: A new relationship
1: What is the urban environment and what is biology? Part I The urban environment 2: The built environment 3: The physical environment 4: The natural environment - habitats and communities Part II Diversity and distribution 5: Diversity of species 6: Relationships 7: Temporal patterns 8: Spatial patterns Part III Adapting to urban living 9: Strategies 10: Physiological and behavioural changes - how do they live Part IV People and nature 11: Human urban biology 12: A new relationship
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